Circus

Circus

A public entertainment consisting performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented performers.

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Kopfstehen

Entertainment; Circus

An acrobatic stand where a performer keeps his body vertically on head. (In 1996, this stand was performed by an acrobat swinging on free-rope at the World Circus Festival in Moscow. )

An apparatus widely used in circus. It may be used in various acts; for example, in antipodists' work where a performer, while lying on trink, is balancing a ladder standing on his feet, and at the ...

Tear down

Entertainment; Circus

Take down equipment and ready the circus for moving.

Trapeze

Entertainment; Circus

A circus apparatus, which is used frequently in aerial acts; the name of relevant circus genre. Immobile trapeze is a small round cross-beam with iron rods secured in its both sides and suspended ...

Touching

Entertainment; Circus

Controlling the horse's run in riding acts by means of touching the animal body with chambarier.

Trengel

Entertainment; Circus

This is a professional term of street performers to designate the collecting of money by performers with a plate or hat in their hands from spectators just before the performance.

Swing

Entertainment; Circus

Circus article used under the circus cupola now, but it is still as important as it was before. Compared with common swing in recreation parks, it only lacks a restrictive bar (so it is possible to ...